Posted by Melanie on July 26, 2010 – 5:06 am
An excerpt from Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer. A conversation with the author and his grandmother:
“The worst it got was near the end. A lot of people died right at the end, and I didn’t know if I could make it another day. A farmer, a Russian, God bless him, he saw my condition, and he went into his house and came out with a piece of meat for me.”
“He saved your life.”
“I didn’t eat it.”
“You didn’t eat it?”
“It was pork. I wouldn’t eat pork.”
“Why?”
“What do you mean why?”
“What, because it wasn’t kosher?”
“Of course.”
“But not even to save your life?”
“If nothing matters, there’s nothing to save.”
Posted by Melanie on April 26, 2010 – 12:19 am
In an effort to cut out some of my social networking sites, I’ve decided to list my recently read books here instead of on Listography. Ask away if you’d like a review of any of the following:
January
1. Pearls of Lutra – Brian Jacques (01/31/10) [reread]
2. What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire – Charles Bukowski (01/31/10)
March
3. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling (03/08/10) [reread]
4. Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer (03/10/10)
5. The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman (03/25/10) [reread]
April
6. The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman (04/07?/10) [reread]
7. Radiator Days – Lucy Knisley (04/16/10)
8. The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman (04/30/10) [reread]
May
9. The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini (05/05/10)
10. The Duchess – Amanda Foreman (05/31/10)
June
11. In Defense of Food – Michael Pollan (06/16/10)
12. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer (06/24/10)
13. Morning in the Burned House – Margaret Atwood (06/27/10)
Currently Reading
+ Access Bible: Psalms
+ Collected Poems 1922-1938: E. E. Cummings
Posted by Melanie on January 1, 2009 – 12:07 am
June
1. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand (06/22/09)
2. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer (06/28/09)
3. Forgotten Fire – Adam Bagdasarian (06/30/09)
July
4. The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time – Mark Haddon (07/05/09)
5. Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling (07/14/09) [reread]
6. The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger (07/22/09)
August
7. The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama (08/01/09)
8. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger (08/08/09)
9. During My Nervous Breakdown I Want to Have a Biographer Present
- Brandon Scott Gorrell (08/12/09)
10. Everything is Illuminated – Jonathan Safran Foer (08/14/09)
11. The Firm – John Grisham (08/29/09)
November
12. Do Good [Design] – David Berman (11/26/09)
13. Four Great Plays – Henrik Ibsen (11/26/09)
December
14. Middlesex – Jeffrey Eugenides (12/27/09)